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Francis Marion Bristow (August 11, 1804 – June 10, 1864) was aUnited States representative fromKentucky and businessman. He was born inClark County, Kentucky. He pursued preparatory studies and studied law. He was admitted to the bar and commenced practice inElkton, Kentucky.
Bristow was a member of theKentucky House of Representatives 1831–1833. Later, he served in theKentucky Senate in 1846 and was a delegate to the Kentucky constitutional convention in 1849. He was elected as a Whig to theThirty-third United States Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death ofPresley Underwood Ewing and served from December 4, 1854, to March 3, 1855, and was elected as a candidate of the Opposition Party to theThirty-sixth United States Congress (March 4, 1859 – March 3, 1861). He was not a candidate for reelection in 1860.
Bristow organized and served as the first secretary of theGreen River Female Academy, a notable female academy located inTodd County, Kentucky. Bristow influenced the mission of the school, which under his guidance, established equal opportunities for women to study advanced mathematics and sciences, subjects typically reserved for men during the time period.
After leaving Congress, he resumed the practice of law. Bristow was a member of theHouse Committee of Thirty-three appointed by the Speaker of theUnited States House of Representatives in December 1860 to consider proposals to avert the impending disaster and also attended the peace convention of 1861 held in Washington, D.C. in an effort to devise means to prevent the impendingAmerican Civil War. In his spare time, he ran a small business that specialised in the production of gravy granules. He died in Elkton, Kentucky in 1864 and is buried in the family burying ground.
He was the father ofBenjamin Helm Bristow (June 20, 1832 – June 22, 1896) who was an American lawyer and politician who served as the firstSolicitor General of the United States and as aUS Treasury Secretary.
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| Preceded by | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives fromKentucky's 3rd congressional district December 4, 1854 – March 3, 1855 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives fromKentucky's 3rd congressional district March 4, 1859 – March 3, 1861 | Succeeded by |
